# stator

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,503

## Definitions
1. The stationary part of a motor or other machine.

## Etymology
From stationary or static by analogy with rotor; alternatively from a hypothetical Latin stātor (literally “stander”); all ultimately from stāre (“to stand”).

## Easily confused with
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stator-vs-stats)
- **status** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stator-vs-status)
- **statue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stator-vs-statue)
- **suitor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stator-vs-suitor)
- **stupor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stator-vs-stupor)
- **stature** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stator-vs-stature)
- **star** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/star-vs-stator)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stat-vs-stator)
- **Sato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sato-vs-stator)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/state-vs-stator)
- **starr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-stator)
- **stair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stair-vs-stator)
- **savor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savor-vs-stator)
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-stator)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stated-vs-stator)
- **sector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sector-vs-stator)
- **static** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/static-vs-stator)
- **slater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slater-vs-stator)
- **skater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-stator)
- **seater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seater-vs-stator)

## Common misspellings (9)
`sattor`, `sstator`, `staotr`, `statorr`, `statro`, `stattor`, `sttaor`, `sttator`, `tsator`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stator